All Roads Are Circles
Tom Bentley
- They
- Packed
- Everything
- They
- Needed
- to
- Hitchhike
- Across
- Country--Except
- Good
- SenseInterested
- in
- coming-of-age
- stories
- with
- a
- twist?
- And
- then
- a
- tangle
- to
- the
- twist?
- All
- Roads
- Are
- Circles
- will
- take
- you
- on
- an
- improbable,
- tumultuous
- ride,
- with
- lots
- of
- ruts
- to
- sink
- your
- wheels,
- but
- lots
- of
- humor
- to
- pull
- your
- eyes
- back
- on
- the
- road."This
- is
- the
- novel
- which
- has
- cured
- me
- of
- my
- e-book
- resistance.
- I
- loved
- it!
- Bentley's
- characters
- are
- so
- vivid,
- so
- richly
- depicted,
- they
- engage
- you
- instantly
- ...
- Can't
- recommend
- it
- highly
- enough."
- —
- Madge,
- 5-star
- reviewBetrayal,
- loyalty,
- emotional
- carnage,
- forgiveness
- and
- yes,
- sex—two
- old
- friends,
- recent
- graduates
- from
- high
- school,
- go
- hitchhiking
- across
- Canada
- in
- the
- free-flowing
- 70s,
- and
- meet
- and
- fall
- in
- love
- with
- the
- same
- girl.Their
- rollicking
- ride
- hooks
- them
- up
- with
- gun-toting
- businessmen,
- devious
- runaways,
- sinister
- (and
- toothless)
- threats,
- two
- truck-stealing
- brothers
- for
- whom
- lunatic
- larceny
- is
- a
- daily
- treat,
- and
- a
- roadside
- philosopher
- as
- wise
- as
- he
- is
- generous.All
- Roads
- Are
- Circles
- is
- a
- story
- of
- innocence
- lost,
- knowledge
- gained,
- and
- the
- sweet
- madness
- of
- accepting
- a
- ride
- with
- driver
- after
- driver
- who
- might
- not—or
- definitely
- don't—have
- their
- passengers'
- best
- interests
- in
- mind.
- A
- wild
- ride;
- seat
- belts optional.
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